I’ve gotta face it. Not all people like to eat meat for breakfast. I know I couldn’t even fathom eating steak or chicken or pork for breakfast when I first started zone then paleo. When I first started changing my diet, I had to make shakes every damn morning. Thinking about eating meat in the morning made me sick to my stomach. But then I finally started just eating leftovers because running the blender at 4:30am is never fun, for anyone. My parents would have kicked me out…especially since I wasn’t paying rent when I lived with them after college. Actually, maybe they would have paid ME for living with them if I would have made shakes like this back then. Yep. I bet they would have.
This shake is made for those that hate breakfast in meat form. If you like to drink your breakfast because you’re “too busy”…mmmm hmmmm…I think that’s just you being lazy and not wanting to eat meat. Sweets are delicious, especially in the morning. I understand. But I drive a stick shift and still get away with eating leftover chicken and veggies while driving. Safe? No. Healthy? Yes. But I did drink this for lunch the other day and it was pretty damn filling. I wasn’t hungry for a good couple hours after. Hope you love it as much as I do!
While you’re reading this post, I will be in Boston. Well, probably flying there. Getting to Boston from Denver takes a bit. I’m kind of nervous. I get lost walking around the block. So going to place I have literally no clue where I am…well, that makes me nervous. I better pack A LOT of deodorant. And I actually had to go shopping for real people clothes. Turns out not all people who film cooking shows wear workout clothes. Weird, I know.
Hey have you ever watched My Drunken Kitchen? If you haven’t, you’re one of the few. Her videos have hit almost 2 million views on YouTube. TWO MILLION. Whoa. But if you’re easily offended…well…I’m not sure why you’re reading MY blog, but you’ll probably be offended by her. She gets drunk and cooks. It’s awesome. She’s pretty damn hilarious! Someday people might think my videos are cool, until then, I will just bore the few that fall unfortunately onto my YouTube station. JOKES ON YOU!
Blueberry Pumpkin Pie Protein Shake
- Yield: 1 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
- 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
- 1 tablespoon cashew butter
- 1–2 tablespoons vanilla protein powder– or however much you use
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- dash of ground cloves
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender (I used a food processor and it worked awesome!)
- Blend until completely combined.
- Top with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
- Drink it on down!!
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Wondering if a person could use. Coconut Water,
Can wait to get pumpkin, I was hoping to find more smoothie recipes, that you have mastered, thks Sue
surely, it just won’t be quite as creamy but still delicious
Mmmmm I made this for breakfast this morning so I could use up my extra canned pumpkin and it was so good! The pumpkin and blueberries make a great combo. Sweet and savory at the same time.. I’ll be making this more often!
Being on an extremely restrictive diet for a few weeks, and having pretty much lived on green smoothies for breakfast for years, I was searching for something different. I’d recently defrosted some cooked pumpkin, wondering if it could be used in a smoothie. I only had frozen blueberries on hand, so searched for a “blueberry pumpkin smoothie” to see if there even was such a thing. Wow, am I glad I found this recipe! Kinda funny… I could drink it yesterday, but needed to save half because it didn’t fit into my glass (I’d doubled the recipe thinking my husband might want one – but he didn’t so I had to save it)… and today I had to “eat” it, which was fine because I’m really tired of just drinking something for breakfast. I had to omit the protein powder, but used dairy free yogurt because I didn’t have df milk on hand, and adding in a tiny bit of vanilla. But it’s still a winner, and a tasty way to use up some pumpkin! Thanks for the recipe!